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Ohio statesman (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1870-12-26

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... as-a.. IaJ ATE3 OV ADVEBTISItTGr '1' 1:7 1 "I w rraLatiia v ' hITINt, niDART CO. DAII.V STATESMAN. sates ton omt sqvabs, 8 uses kopai-j:iu I , 'Ai-'ia MILLS, .... Kixto . etime........H 00 ' wo times ........ 1 b0 tree times....... 8 00 oeweek ......... 3 00 One month ....f? Ui Two months. .....IS 00 Three tnon tha. ....40 I. Six months .......30 W One vear. 50 tt . C.TIC::, Ka.7 Sort. Els. Street seweeks........ 5 00 ocal notices, 80e per line first, and 15c for each Saaaeriptiaej Rates. Dam v, by mail, per Trt-'Week.y.. 4 SO wir f 90 I Weekly i Di iy, Vv Miritn " I do, slab af luoataj tnaui uou. - : WEEKLY STATESMAN! t ..to........ll SO I Two months. 17 6o QOLtJMBUS,: OHIO, MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1870. ur nuv iiM- ... i. r w.-uvv ...... n ..w iv VOL. XXXIX NO. 136. Two times .u.. 8 501 Three months Ifi eC Three times 3 I Rl nwntln 15 IM .stall Hticnlaniiwulu; na ad One month 4 no I One vr i .8 no - I i - . if f - t If il THE NEWS. ' IndepenaencenHH, Philadelphia, narrowly earaoed destruction by fir the "? The city of Boston paid $21,835 during . (ho year for bathjag 1,397,914 a en, wo men ud boys. - - - Horaee Greeley lias been chosen chair " uian of the Republican Executive Com- aiitte ol Piew lork. city. One thousand ton ef - iroa Vera oca-sotoed fn tie coastrncUoa of a aoge ounaiDU in net lot, iua dry rwub paiace. ;- In Ciaelanvti Christmas waa generally observed in the: churches. To-day will be kept as a' legal holiday, and bnalneaa wm be well mgh suspended. , Shaky. The New York Trthun says '-General Grant s first term la not yet half completed ; and who ean "say what the aext eighteen months will develop T" The United State mail steamer Ten, neasee is mm fitting ont at Xew York for ea service. She will soon be pat into commission, and will probably aail for uie YVfatiDOiee. John W. Morris and Charles Staddneld hare been identified by Madge, of. Day' too. who was lately knocked down and robbed of a large amount of jewelry, as me perpetrators. Georgia boasts of nioety-one periodi cals fourteen dailies, seven tri-weeklies. - five semi-weeklies, seventy-seven week lies, one semi-monthly, ten monthlies, ana one bi-montniy. - : A challenge has been aent to Harvard by the Yale University crew for a three mile straight-a-wej beat race next summer, over any course that may be selected by the Harvard crew. A brave conductor on the railroad near Wilmington, Del-, recently jumped in frent of a locomotive - and snatched child from the track, at the imminent risk of losing hia owa lire.-The President, in making appoint ments, says iav I a commissions, very ap-. propriately and significantly, " Know all mea oy these pasiAiT ee , tbns pre senting ine reason witn tne tact. Butler says Farnsworth has been want ing honesty all bis life. No one can say that of Bntler. Some people caa only never want honesty, but would not have it if they eonld get it. -Yew York Herald. A girl in Iowa has recovered 118,000 in a breach of-promise Butt.' "With all this cohesive power of poblio plunder about her clothes, there is no danger that the next tellow tbat comes along wul fail to SUCK. L . . . . . - Tbe vessel, which spoke the steamer Robert Lame, brings a letter from Captain Kerr, dated Ftiday. Continuous , galea ars reported, but everything is ready to take advantage of the first moderate weather to repair the Atlantic . cables. - - - 4 ' The . Kew York Herald Is in doubt ' whether Schenck will bring the English Mission over here, or carry his seat over to England, as he has formally notified Colonel Campbell, of Ohio, that he will contest his right to a seat in the next Congress. The Woman's rights women of the Eev-oJaltoit, have issued a call for a National Suffrage Convention, "to assemble at Washington, the titfcof Jaoaary, tor tbe purpose ef arging upon Congress tbe necessity of a Bpeedy passage of a Sixteenth Amendment.7' . Ia Boston two policemen have been fined futea di liars each and cost for punching a Milk street merchant's head, and threatened to twist hia hands off with the "twisters," becaose he had yawned in the street In what they con- ' eeived to be in an insulting manner. . The day of the marriage of the Princess Louise with the Marquis of Lome - has not yet been settled. Another matrimonial romjr in England reports the engagement of the young Duke of Norfolk, too great Catholic nobleman of England, to a French Princess of the House of Orleans. H. da Fonvielle (who it will be remembered waa the companion of Victor Noir when the latter waa killed by Prince Pierre Bonaparte) has escaped from Paris in a bailoen and reached London. He delivered- a lecture at St. George's Hall, in that city, latterly, on the subject of the war, in which tha course of King . William in tbe attempt to starve Paris was roundly denounced. , - At Baltimore, last week, a woman natped McKay was beaten to d&ath- by ber husband. A few minutes before expiring she gave birth to a child. The testimony taken by the coroners shows that, dorisg several months past, McKay had been in the habit of kicking the de eeased about three times a week, in order to cause her death, without making it appear that be murdered her. Governorl Bowie, of Maryland, has ir. sued a proclamation setting apart Monday, the 26th of December, and Monday, the 3d of January, as " days of pnblie thanksgiving and suspension, of bust- . Bess," the law of the State constituting any day tha Governor may so designate a " legal" holiday. The practical effect of this on business is that notes due on Monday in each ease will have to be attended to on Saturday. The steamer Aries went ashore at Hen-born, en the morning of the 24th. A boat was at once launched to take soundings, but before getting a great distance from the steamer it npeet, and the mate and four seamen were lost, three of the nartv beine drowned. The other two succeeded in getting on the bottom of the boat, where, after a few hours suffering, they froze to death. Two of the bodies floated ashore at Cape May yesterday. ' ... , Governor Holdea appeared last week by his counsel before tbe Senate, sitting as a court ef impeachment, to respond to the charges of impeachment, and asked -tor thirty days delay. ' The court ordered the amwer to the article of impeachment to be filed on or before January S3; tbat ihe'managers file fheir replication within the next six days, and that the case would stand for trial January 30. The court then adlourned to January 23. The Democrats lack one vote of a two-thirds majority, and the Republicans are con-fident of Holden's acquittal. It was madepnblio ou Saturday that F. E. Saire & Co. prominent druggists f Cincinnati, have become somewhat em- "barrassed. Though In money circles it taseen knowa for some time, it was not ill this week the matter became generally known. I seetnj thai some time ago Mr. Snire endorsed for a codsiderable " amount the paper of the United States -Proprietory Machine Company; the prin-1 einal stock he also purchased. This Baoer went to protest and Mr. Suire asked extension. At the same time the Arm asked extension on their own paper. It is understood they asked for six, -twelve and eighteen months, and that, so far a beard from, very favorable responses have been received. Their house is- aa extensive one, and nearly all tbe labilities re East. The firm claim that the liabilities will nor exceed 1150,000, r- while tha asseta are 1312.0 .0. The impression prevails that they will work ' tarougn sawjy, THE WAR IN EUEOPE. Xhm Late Sortie Situation Encour aging- to tha French, at Paris Gen ral - Chauay Ketreata for C cm cen tration Faidherbe Reported Boutad Official Keport of tha Battle of Kaita- ' ' - ' : ; ' ' THU WAR lit VBAilCB. THM HW.UAT SORTIB rRKNCH BTKATkG Y ROC EX ALMOST EVACUATED. - Bordxaux, December Si Daring the great sortie from Paris on Wednesdav, Dacret ' took many hundred prisoners. The general situation ia more encourag ing for tha French. The noB-occapation of Tours, and the retreat of other Prussian, forces towards Orleans, in said to be the "result of a strategetic movement of Generals Chsuzy id Bourbaki. Eonea has been almost entirely evac uated by the Prussians. There were only ana hundred and fifty German sol diers there yesterday. General Manteuffel has undoubtedly moved fas forces for the purpose of opposing the march of the French army and General Faidherbe. XNGA6EMKXT AT PORT NO YEI.I.E. Bordeaux. December 24. Iu an offi cial dispatch telegraphed from Lille, the mgnt ot the XM, ueneral r aidherbe an nounces to the Minister of War that his army engaged the enemy at Port Noyelle, or that day. The battle lasted from eleven in the forenoon until six o'clock in the evening. For a greater portion of the time it waa an artillery duel, which was finally terminated by a charge by tbe French infantry along the whole line. The enemy were driven back and the r Tench troops remained masters of the field. A BATTLE IMMINENT - FRENCH LOSSES. Bordeaux. December 24. Advieee from Paris to the 23d have been received by a balloon which landed near Knits. There was bo engagement on that day (Thursday ), but a general battle was regarded as imminent. The iournals esti mate tbe losses of the I rencb in tbe combat of the 21st at about eicht hundred killed and wounded, and speak in glowing terms of the great confidence dis played by the National Guards. SITTJATIOS ENCOURAGING FOR THE - , r FREjrcn. . Lokdox. December 23. There is con firmation ot a recent successful sortie from Paris to the North, South and East, witn the capture of several strong position! ; but ' yesterday's annoncement from French sources that divisions of the Army of the Loire bad effected a junction appears to be without founda tion in fact, the general situation is encouraging for the French, REPORTED DEFEAT OF GENERAL CHAUZY j TROOPS AT HAVRE. London. December 22. A dispatch from Havre says a rumor was prevalent that General Chauxy had been defeated oy tbe combined armies or the Duke of Mecklenburg and. Prince Frederick Charles, and was now in full retreat. Information has been received from Cherbourg that there are now sixty thonsand French troops at Havre. ! INSURRECTION AT RHKIMS. . London. December S3. Advices from Versailles state that six thousand Saxons have left Sauny, with the intention of making a forced march to Rbeims, where the people are reported to have risen in insurrection against the author ity or the Prussian commander. FRKNB OFFICERS BREAKING PAROLES. Berlin. December 23. Count Bis-; marck has addressed a circular note to 1 the representatives of the North German ' Confederation at foreign courts, which 1 calls their attention to the fact tbat French officers are breaking their parole I not to serve in the army durinn tbe pres ent war, ana saying that as the .t rench Government sanctions the proceeding peremptory measures will be taken to check it. The Count adds, that in the event of future complaints of tbe same kind, proper judgment ean be passed op-on the offenders at Prussian headqnar-j ters. I FINANCES. honser has msde an important announcement in the Prussian Chambers, that no deficiency ia probable in tbe finances of tne monarcby lor tne years 1S70 and 1S71 BATTLE PROBABLS NEAR AMIENS. London, December 23. The Prussians have left Dieppe, but are encamped near by. Two French iron olads are stationed off the port. Late dispatches from Amiens report General Mantenffel near that city, and that a battle is probable. Uordxaux, December 24 Havre is now so strongly fortified that no fears are apprehended from an attack. AH the works about tbe city are fully manned and supplied, and there are several war vessels riding at anchor before the city. Cherbourg is also regarded as impregnable to any force the Germans can bring against it. The fortifications on tbe lan d side have been completed and armed, and as at Havre frigates are stationed in the roads. FIGHTING. London, December 22. A dispatch from Versailles, dated 21st, says : To-day fifty thousand French advanced on the road to Lebonrget, and attacked the fnards at the headquarters at Uonesse. here was fighting at Arnouville, Garges, Couneil and Severn on the 12th. The Saxon troops reinforced tbe guard at four o'clock, and the French retired. CHURCH AND STATE. London, December 21. It is said that M. Gambetta has announced te Rome his desire that France terminate the concor- date, in order to effect an entire separa tion oi unnrcn ana state in r ranee. The AforstBff Pott predicts for the Prus sians great hardships and losses during tbe coming winter, because the Parisians nave demonstrated tbeir ability te resist. Sunday Night's Dispatches. PRUSSIAN ACCOUNT OF TBE SORTIE. Berlin, December 23. Queen Augusta baa just made public the following dispatch from King William, dated at Versailles f The French, made a sortie in the direc tion of Slaines and Borarert, prompted by the idea that the French army of relief waa approaching. Many x reuch prison- era were taken in the assault on the Saxon position. The sortie was easily repulsed. THE POPE'S RESIDENCE. Berlin. December 23. It is understood that tbe King of Prussia nas granted Fulda, in Uessa-uasseii, to tae rope as a residence. - THE ITALIAN CAPITAL, Florence. December 81 Tho Cham ber of Deputies have passed, by a vote of 192 to 18, the bill providing for the removal of the capital from Florence to Borne within six months. A resolution expressing gratitude and thaukfulness to the Komans for their patriotism during the siege of the city was adopted. The uuamuer aujournea to January IS. , THE- CONFERENCE. London, December 23. The first meeting of the conference on the Eastern question is fike for'the, 3d of January. Prince Charks, of Ioumania, calls the attention of tbe powers to the fact that his position, as settled by the treaty of earns, w uu niugw voiuoie. BUSINESS tN LONDON KTOfcttlE.-f London, December 2411:30 "A. M. Business is suspended to-day on account of tbe holidays. - All the markets are cloed and will remain so until Tuesday. Tbe Km press Eugenie- is organizing a fund for French prisoners.' She is negotiating for the use of Drury Lane Theater for a benefit performance.. 4 - - ' TBS ICCtlPSK. ! Cadiz, December 23. The observation of the eclipse were successful hose. A good photograph of the corona t was ob tained. . . , i-'-'fA Syracuse, Sicilt, - December 3d, via London. Professors Pierce and Lockyer report that the observations taken by them of the eclipse were imperfecbin eon-sequence ef unfavorable weather, bus the result obtained , last year in Amerioais confirmed. J,, fi ' t port crowdkd. ' ' Antwerp, December 24-Thls' port is overcrowded with shipping, and vessels are refused admission. - Tbe- river is freezing. ; " . !.,,,,,.;-- navigation interrupted., t , j Hamburg, . December 22. The , Elbe is filled with ice, and navigation is' seriously interrupted. ' - vp ' ; . fOAUCY'a SRTRBAX.- iWorid's 8peetal.l ; ) .... Lf.mass, December 22 General Chau-ry's retreat to this point waa voluntary for the purpose of concentrating his forces and drawing tbe Germans after him. He has now 200.000 men, and will immediately resume the offensive. Tbe Tenth German corps is at Tours. The Mecklenburgers are between Vendome and St- Caliais, and Manteoffcl is near Amiens. - troops for the front. ' ' Cherbourg, December 23. The troops in and around this port have left for the front, for the purpose of uniting, with tbe army under Dechancy. General Faidherbe' fought victoriously with the em my at Point Noiells. The battle commenced at 11 A. M. and ended at 6 P..M. The Germans have again entered Tours, meeting no opposition. . CANNONADING. " ! , . Lillk, December 24. Cannonading has been heard since Thursday in the direction of Noyon. The Prussians are in tbe vicinity of Vervins. iney nave blown up the bridge over the Aur. GERMAN VICTORT.." t Amiens. December 24. A German vic tory is reported at HaQs, southeast of tms city, over me Army oi ine n orta, six thousand strong. The Germans earned several villages by storm, and took one thousand prisoners. ,. . FAIDHERBE REPORTED HOCTED. London, December 24. Noon. Gen eral Faidherbe, with an army of sixty thousand, was routed by Mautenffel yesterday, near Amiens.. Only two Prussian divisions were engaged. . THE BATTLE OF NCITS. ' Bordeaux, December 24. The official report of tbe battle of Knits, on the 13th, shows that General Germer was attacked by 24,000 Prussians, with artillery. The French had only 10,000 men, who retreated a quarter of a mile from town, after fighting many hours. The Germans had more than five hundred killed and wounded, among them tbe Duke William of Baden, and several colonels. The peasants fought bravely by the side of the regular troops. Reinforcements came up next morning, and the Germans retreated in such haste that the prisoners they had taken the day before escaped. The French loss was 1,200 killed aatd wounded. , . ' NEW YORK. A Fl.k label Salt Ducoatiaaed-The Case Oeaeral Uaate; Mrs. Phelps Aeaitte4-!lariler aad Suicide. ' ,: . ' " - 1 ' LIBEL SUIT DISCONIlNUKii. The libel suit of James. Fink," Jr., against Mr. Bowles, of the Springfield Republican, has been discontinued. This was done through the influence of George Wilkes, editor of the Spirit of tht Times. BEVtNUE FRAUDS. General John Ramsey, of Jersey City, arrested in Pittsburg for defrauding the revenue by the use of counterfeit tobacco stamps, is still in jail at Pittsburg. The United States Commissioner refuses any bail offered from outside of tbe Western district of Pennsylvania. A Pittsburg paper states, upon the authority of the detective who arrested Ramsey, that a large amount of counterfeit stamps were recovered from the Jersey City- warehouse. FIRE. A fire broke out in an oil dying establishment, a frame building owned by J. A. Lockwood, Aos. 2&0 and 'ioi Water street, Brooklyn, yesterday afternoon. Several adjoining buildings were destroyed. The loss is about $30,000. ACQ TJITTED. Mrs. Elizabeth B. Phelps, a well known advocate of woman'a rights, and a lady of wealth and high social standing, was honorably acquitted to-day by Judge Dowliug, on the charge for which she was arrested and committed, that ot stealing a package of candy from a store in Hixtu avenue. MURDER AND SUICIDE. A Syracuse dispatch says: A double horror occurred, Friday evening, at Col-lamer. Lorenzo D. Garrett, aged thirty-two, murdered his father-in-law, James C. Tallman, sged sixty-seven. Garrett attacked Tallman in the latter's barn T.rri. anil hralrM hi .Icnll wit.h mi dtp killing him instantly. Garrett then went to bis own barn, six rods distant, and bangsd himself. The two men had been quarreling about property for some years. - HOTEL BURNED. ; Rutherford Park Hotel was destroyed by fire early this morning. Tbe loss is estimated at $30,000. About a year ago there was a fire in tbe same hotel. Krw Toss, December S3, 1870. DONATIONS. William M.Tweed has ziven fifty thon sand dollars, and Sheriff O'Brien one thousand tors of coal, for the relict of the poor in their respective wards. THE CRISPIN STRIKERS. Que thonsand and f)fty Crispin strikers received money for another week's support from society funds, last night. They say they are determined to hold out, and are receiving four hundred dollars weekly froti1 other cities. FIRK. The residence of R. W. Cameron, a well-known stock breeder and- importer, on Staten Island, was burned last night. The loss was $100,000. The loss by the burning of Rutherford rara: notei, J. j -on Saturday, was f 1 10,000. WASHINGTON. Akerasaa Net ia Be.iga Saaiaer aad MarSMThe Ceateat far Seaater la IlllaaU-Retlrlna ! Army ? Ofleers CaaiaUssieaer Wllsaa Befa.es ta Re- iga. Washisgtox, DeoemSet 84, 1670. AKERMAN NOT TO RESIGN. The result of the election iu Georgia, though tbe returns are meager, is believed here to be such, as to preclude ths possi- , bilsty, if it ever existed, of Attorney Gen eral Akermaa's election to the: Senate and his resignation from his present of- i fice is therefore more doubtful than ever. His friends here do not think his health will prevent his continuing in otfice., '' ' , ' SUMNER AND MORTOX .'.V-,'..'.' ", Secretary Fish gave a dinner last aigbt to tbe Senate Foreign Belationa committee, Senators umoer and Morton being present. ,. They met for the i$t time since tbe acrimonious debate, the bad health of the latter having prevented him from attending the Seuata session after the vote on the San , Doming resolution.,; .' . . ; : j . It is reported that there was - the - utmost cordiality between them, and that neither of them had any ' desire to re-: member the personal portions of their discussion. Mr. Sumner said to-day that he ia confident that ths San Domingo scheme will be defeated if it comes np for action daring this Congress. . " ILLINOIS SENATORSHtP. '' - " Information received here respecting the senatorial contest in Michigan makes it probable that the contest in the Legislature will be between Senator - Howard and ex-Governor Blair, now a member of the House. The opposition to Howard appears to be main! on account of his residence being in Detroit. As Senator Chandler lives in the- same, city, Una, peo-' pie of the Western portion of the State fancy that their interests are not properly looked after at Washington. They made a special complaint of the nndae share of Government patronage which Detroit secures. RETIRING ARMY OFFICERS. Of the officers of the army who have already benn honorably discharged on tbeir own application, one hundred and eleven have to date received certificates from the Third Auditor of their non-indebtedness to the Government, and have had their accounts passed by tbe Second Auditor. They have been paid one year's pay from January 1, 1871, in accordance with the provisions of the bill providing for a reduction of the army. " ' DEFAULTING PAYMASTERS. A naval court martial convened here to day to try the cases of alleged defaulting paymasters, and adjourned until after the holidays. Paymaster Forbes Parker, it is reported, has left the country, but the court will nevertheless proceed with tbe case, he having, it is said, admitted a defalcation of $45,000. COMMISSIONER WILSON.. The Secretary of the Interior recently sent a verbal message to Commissioner Wilson, of tbe General Land Office, that his resignation would be acceptable by tbe President, to which Wilson replied that he would not resign, and that he would hold no conversation upon the subject. If tha President desires to remove him the usual way is open. Wilson says that as the President has cast suspicions on him; it would be nnjust to himself to resign, and he thinks it his duty to remain until he is removed, or at least until the President shows that he has cause for suspicion. It is thought a successor will be appointed on the reas- j sembling of the Senate. Wilson entered ! the land office as a messenger in 1328, and has risen through every grade of office to his present position. " THE WEATHER. Extreme Call Weather 1st Tarieas iecIiM mt Ike Caa a try. Ikdiakafolis, December Si, 1870. IN INDIANA. Last night was the coldest of the season. The thermometer at Indianapolis, at 8 o'clock A. M., was at six degrees be-bow xerot at Lafayette, ten below; at New Albany, two below; at Richmond, five below; at Evansville, two below; at Union City, Iudiana, twelve below; at Vincennes, ten below, and at Terrc Haute eleven below. Cincinnati, December M, 1870. AT CINCINNATI. : This is the coldest morning of the season. The mercury was four degrees below zero at sunrise. Some thermometer's on the hills indicated as low as ten. The mercury was six above at noon. Xxw Youk, December 34, 1870. IN NEW YORK. The weather in this vicinity daring the past three days has been very severe. This morning is the coldest of the season. GEORGIA. aaph ( the Deatecraey at the Electiea. Great Trii Aitgueta, December 4, 1870, Sufficient returns from all sections of tbe State have been received here to show that the State has gone largely Pemocrttic, and it is tolerably certain that the following Democrats have been elected to Congress: First District, .W. W. Paine, Forty-first Congress; A. J. Molntjre, Forty-second. Third District, Wm. F. Wright, Forty-first and Forty-second. Fifth District, L A. Cooker, to Forty-first, and D. M. Duboy, Forty-second. Sixth District, William P. Price, Forty-first and Forty-second. Seventh District. P. M. B. Young, Forty-first and Forty-second. The Second and Fourth Districts are doubtful; it is thonght they have gone Republican, but it will take the official count to decide. The Democrats have elected thirty four of the members of the Legislature. OHIO NEWS. The exact population of Ohio, accord ing to the corrected returns, is 2,66?,681. St. Clairsvillr has subscribed $28,- 000 to bnjld a railroad from that place to CDrichsvuie. Patrick McCunn wa caught between his own wagon and another, in Cincinnati, on Friday, and crushed to death. A man named O'Neil, who lived a few miles from Sandusky City, on the Venice road, was found dead in a ditch of water beside tho railroad track, one day last week. The two ounces of Dapqty Assessor of In ternal Revenue, in Licking county, have been consolidated, throwing Captain Metzgar out of place, and giving II. J. Liittie entire cnarge. James Harrington, in the employ of a Toledo gentleman as driver, has shown signs of derangement for some time, and l riday night last cut bis throat with a pocket knife, narrowly escaping death. Ths London (Madison county) Timet says : X he bog market was scarcely ever known to range so steadily as it has this year. Six cents seems a Small price to tbe bog raisers. But we have been reli ably informed that tbe shippers have lost, rainer man niaoe money, at tnese fig- ures. The Akron Timet has the following For some time past a Mrs. Metzler, an estimable lady residing with her family in this city, has been dangerously sick. On Thursday she apparently died and her friends commeuced preparing her body tor tbe grave. Thev were about to place ber upon a board, when she sprang to ber feet and extending her arms srrabbed her husband, by his whiskers nd puiled them vigorously. Tbe frightened husband and friends, after quite a struggle, succeeded in placing her lpon tue ueu ana every possible eltori vas made to revive her. She lived abont twenty-four hours and then sank to rest i torever. EXTBlORBIf ART LARCEHT; ' '' ' '. .)".' i A Nether Bad Saaghtrr Daped hr a dug t Thieves A Siagalar Case. Fram tke Hw Zork Times of Friday. .. Yesterday morning two men, accompa nied by two won.en, entered the premises of Antoine Troll, on an npper floor of No. 63 Nassau street, when the men produced revolvers and announced themselves as officers', at the 'same time exhibiting papers which they stated were search-warrants. While the men were thus intimidating the proprietor ; the women busied themselves in ransacking the safe, from which they removed $1,500 worth of gold chains and nearly all of ths account books, with all of which property they escaped, tha men. keeping Troll under control until they had obtained a suffi oient start to secure their escape. Tbe male confederates then made good their own escape, and the jeweler found himself a decided loser by the extraordinary transaction. He then applied, te Officer Ryan, of the Second Precinct, and informed him that he had recognized the two women as Mrs. Elizabeth Renter and her daughter Eliza, and that they residen in Forsyth street. The officer proceeded to the premises, and there fonnd the women, who were at once identified as the female portion of the gang, and in their possession were found the lost books and $400 worth of the stolen chains. Both were arrested and arraigned during ths afternoon before Justice Dowling, at the Tombs. The jeweler made his statement, and the Magistrate ordered a complaint to be made out, intending to commit the prisoners for trial. While the clerk was drawing up the affidavits, the women began to cry and the daughter req nested permission to speak to the Magistrate. Permision granted, Eliza stated that both she and her mother were innocent ot any intention to commit a laresay, and that they had entered the store because it was the property of her father, who had abandoned his family. She produced a paper from the Commissioners of Charities and Correction, requesting Justice Soott to arrest the husband and father, P. Renter, on a charge of abandonment, and explained that the Magistrate had been unable to do anything because Renter had disappeared. His family had not seen bim since last May, and were in great destitution, although be bad been possessed of property worth $15,000, which had been originally obtained from his wife. Eliza stated also that when her father disappeared they ascertained that he had assigned all of his property to Mr. Dur ance, who had permitted Troll, the com plainant, and formerly foreman for Ren ter, to remain in charge of and conduct the business, in order, as sue ana ber motber believed, to defraud his family of tbeir legitimate means of support. On Tues day, the men who threatened Troll, called on Mrs. Renter and informed her that they were detectives, and that proceedings had been instituted by Renter to secure a divorce. They told the mother and daughter tbat they had a perfect right to seize any of the stock in the store, and that if they neglected to do so before the divorce was granted they would lose everything. Believing this statement, the women accompanied the pretended detectives to t roll s store, and there seized the chains and books, sub sequently surrendering the greater part of the property to the unknown men as officers ot the law. . This statement put an entirely different complexion on the case, and the Magistrate at once saw that the unfortunate and ignorant women had been victimized by a pair of sharp scoundrels, who had in some way become familiar with the family troubles, and used such knowledge to work out one of the cleverest schemes of rascality ever developed. When Justice Dowling called up and questioned Troll, he succeeded in finding ont that Troll knew that the missing Reuter was at work in Newark, K. J., and that he had visited bim there ostensibly on business. He denied tbat he had ever paid Reuter any money since be lei t New York, and insisted that he was not aiding Renter in evading the law in thns keeping in another State, away from his family. Troll stated that he did not know Durance's full name, and had only seen him once or twice since he had purchased Renter's business. He exhibited a paper, showing that he had paid Durance S300 for a share in the business. Justice Dowling then asked . the daughter if she could give any clue to the identity of the unknown men, but she was unable to do so, though she could readily identify them if ever ar rested, f inding that both of the women were apparently innocent of any intent to commit a felony, the fact that they had seised the account books as well aa the chains, showing a belief that they were merely taking their own property, the Magistrate decided to release the mother and daughter on their own recog nizances nntu to-day, when a further in vestigation wul be made. D. . POSTER'S FORQERT. The Great Adlaairat Speakiaa: fraai Ilia Crave Adasiral Parter'a Letter Calliaaj Grssl a Draskard a K,imr. From ths Brooklyn Eagle Now that Farragut is dead and Porter wants his place? the shameful treatment by which the latter morally murdered the former, has become the subject of comment. To offset this damage to bis chances, Porter causes two letters, alleged to have been respectively written by Farragut to Porter and by Porter to Pennock, to be printed today. Farragut'a alleged letter is to Porter in return for some convenience; Porter's to Pennock maudlinly inquires fbout the health of their dying Farragut. 'orter may have written a hypocritical letter to fennock about tarragut. lie is quite capable of doing it. As to the alleged letter from Farragut to Porter, ; we are able to announce it an utter forgery, put forth at a time when Farragut being dead can not contradict it. He said to tne writer ot tms paragrapn a few months before his death: " I have never exchanged correspond ence with Porter nor written to him since he sneaked over to Forts Philip and Jackson while I was taking New Orleans, and after I had passed those forte, and de manded their surrender in nis own name and not ia mine, the commander of tke fleet. Sir, he created, an authority within an authority, and in all my experience I have never known a man who aia tnat to succeed." Tbe letter to Porter, then, from Farragut, is a forgery on tbe word of Farragut himself before he died. It ia not a forgery that Mrs. Farragut has a letter from Porter, about the time of his Cape Fear letter, calling Grant a " loafer," a "drunkard," a "liar," and an "imbecile," in so many words. That's what he thought of the President betore he wanted au office under him. We are not sure bnt Major Montgomery, the late Admiral's Secretary, owes it to the Admiral's memory, now tbat bis name has been forced, to get that open letter of Porter's on Grant, and see if Porter will be able to " remember nothing aoout il" THK LETTER WHICII PORTER FORGED. Saw Yobk, Jnne SO, 1810. Mr DitAR Admiral: I have received your letter of the 24th inst.. and hasten to thank you for your very kind angges-' tiops n reference to the Tallapoosa. As you truly 'observe, It will le much mere agreeable to me at the warm season to travel iu this vessel to Portsmouth, where I propose spending a few weeks with Commodore Pennock and his family. My physicians are ot the opinion tbat a change ot air will be decidedly beneficial to me. and I do not doubt tbat this little trip by sea will also be of service. Again thanking you for your thonght-fulness in this matter, belire me very truly yours, D. G. Faekacut, Admiral TT. S. K. Ta Vies Admiral D. I. Porter, U. 3. N. terrific explosion i Pall Par ileal ara af tha Cataatrephe ' Near Biraiahaas-SveBtaea fflca , Killed aad Oae Baadre4 Weaaded. ."On the morning of December 9, about 11:30 'clock,' aays a telegram to the London (England) Standard, "one of the most terrible catastrophes that has ever visited Birmingham, took place at the ammunition factory belonging to Messrs. Lndlow, at Wlttou-laue, ,Witton. The seene of the accident - is a- Targe field about a" mile from the Aston Lower Grounds, and : in the direction of Perry Barr. Here are situated nineteen sheds, in which the work of making and priming Enfield cartridges is carried on, some five hundred hands being employed At the time stated the inhabitants of the neighborhood and persons at a distance even of two miles were alarmed by a series of explosins, accompanied by shocks aa ot an earthquake, and seven concussions of the atmosphere. On reaching the localityof the explosion a scene ot destruction was revealed of the most appalling character. Three sheds, in which there had been working five minutes before about one hundred girls, boys and men, were a mass of ruins, and in the smoking heap there was scarcely a sign of life. Ready hands were soon at work, and the awful extent of a loss to human life then became apparent. A few had escaped from the burning mass, and were limn- I ing off, while the helpless, who gave any signs of life, were quickly conveyed in carts and cabs, whicn had corns to the spot on the alarm being given. No fewer than fiftj shockingly burning and mutilated but living human forms were carried off with all speed to the General Hospital, the condition of many being pitiable in the extreme. Some of those taken thither were so badly burnt as to be hardly recognizable. Bleeding and in sensible, they were quickly put under the medical care of the staft of the hos pital, but it was too evident many a suf ferer entered only to prolong a lingering existence, till death added new victims to the list. The scene among the wrecked remains of the sheds was of the most sickening description. The field was strewn with the mutilated remains of human bodies and pieces of clothing covered with blood. Iu one shed lay the charred bones of seven, and in another those of five workers, while at the Wilton Arms lay other five, all disfigured beyond recognition. Each body lay smouldering and smoking on a shutter, covered by a tarpaulin, and beneath this was nothing but a mass ot rags ana cnarred flesh and bones. Iu some cases there was only a charred skeleton, and in others the head, arms and legs were missing. A human head, supposed to be that of a fema'e, was picked up in the field, and a human hand was found iu the same man ner. Seventeen are ascertained up to the present time to be killed, but no names can be given, and ldenuhcauoa is Impossible at this stage. It ia rumored tbat the oanse of this dreadful affair was the accidental ignition of . woman's apron, who was standing warming herself at a stove, which, strange to say, every shed contains. The scene in and around the field after the accident was enough to move the most callous observer. Tbe eager inquiries of anxious mothers for their children, and ot relatives tor unss ine workpeople, were heartrending. Little groups were gathered here and there along the road, surrounding a pale and suffering victim, bringing water, ami d lag all that ipgenuity could suggest to allay tbe agony ot tne moment." RrDDE.V DEATH, The New York Sun has the following in regard to a melancholy event, which embodies tbe facts of the death substantially, as we have learned them : Yesterday eveuing a gentleman in cheerful spirits and apparently good health, sat with his wife and family in a drawing room of the Grand Hotel. He proposed that they should go to the opera that night, and with a prospect of au evening of pleasing entertainment, the family repaired to dinner. After dinner preparations were made for the opera, and at seven o'clock the father, wife and two daughters, entered a coach, and rode on their way to the Fisk Opera House. On reaching Thirty-first street, in Seventh avenue, the father, during a cessation of pleasant conversation, died. He was spoken to by his wife frequently after his sudden death, and not answering she called him loudly, thinking he had fallen asleep. She discovered that her husband was either dead or in a swoon. The coach was immediately stopped and a doctor sent for. Dr. Harris, of Thirteenth street, soon arrived and prononnced the man dead. Tbe cause of death was apoplexy, ine name oi iub deceased was Andrew J. Eich, a gentleman of extensive commercial notoriety and worthy reputation, who came to New York to spend the Christmas season with his relations in New York. We understand that Mr. Rich complained that the air was close in the carriage, and leaned forward to open a win dow, in the act of which he fell upon the shoulder of one ot the James, ana breathed but a few moments afterwards. DIED. SACKETTAt Clvde: Ohio. Saturday. De- eember 94. of apoplexy, Kev. J B. Sackstt, corresponding Seoretary oi the Ohio Baptist Convention.NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. AVOID QUACKS. A VICTIM OF early indiscretion, causing nervous debil- itu nrnm,tnrn decav. etc.. bavins' tried in vain every advertised remedy, has a simple means of seir-cure, wntcn ne win semi ir iu is wuub-snfforers. Address J. H. X UTILE. 78 Nassau street. New York. dec24-wim mO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE I 1h...LII. tt.I.li. .nJ T nan iunplltinn An election of officers will be bad on Monday afternoon, January sen. c., uebwwu tun uuuio of sand 4 o'oloek P. M., at the office of W. Morrison, Poatoffice Hall. Josnif Morrison, Seo'y. dec21-dtd "RICK'S FLORAL GUIDE FOR 1871 'Tha First Kdiliaa at Oae IT ml red mmA virtv Thanasd copies of Fiefs II- liutrattd Catalogue of Seedt and Floral Guide, is published ana reany to senu oux ou puk?, huu an .Engraving 01 almost every uesu-auio FLOWER AND TECBTABLE. It is elegantly printed on fine tinted paper, illustrated with "Three Hundred tine Wood En g ravings and Two beautiful COLORED PLATES. The most beautifnl and the most Inst ructive Floral Guide publlsnett. A tret-man Aiunon pao Ushed, in all other respects similar to the Jin glish. Sent free to all my customers of 1870, as rapidly as possible, without application. Sent to all others who order them for 'i'ea t'enta, whici is not. half the coat. Address ,AME TICK, deo5-d3t&w3w Becaeater, Pf. Y. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS ALL, BLACK St CO., UIssJMY Braaawar, Now Yarlr, Call Attention of tboas about pnrehuing Holiday presents to their an equalled Block,comprising- everything In SILVER, JEWELRY, AND FANCY GOODS. It will b much to tbe advantage of tfeoss llv-lag at a distance from the city to tend their or ders. as special attention will be (tivea la the aelectioTi By one of the firm personally. Aad ia case the good farnisbed are not satui factory in every respect, 'hey can be ex -hanged. Goods aent C. O. D. Packages allewed to be opened and selections made. W STYLES OF OVAL' AND SQUARE PICTURE FRAMES. Plain Black Walnut Moldings, French Polished Moldings, Rosewood Moldings, Gold Moldings. For Newest Styles and Lowest Prices, GO TO BRAIN ARD W. HOWE'S, Xo. 6 East Broad street, decisd Buckeye Block. VTOTICE. A DIVIDEND OP THREE Ll per cent, has been declared on the pre. i erred and common stock of the Central Ohio Railroad Company, as reorganized, payable at the Western National Bank of Baltimore, or at the office of the Company in Cblambos, on and after the 3ist day of December next. The transfer books of the Company will be closed from the 85th Inst., to December 5th proximo, both days inclusive. WM. WING, novstb-ataecJi Secretary. N. B. KELLY, ARCHITECT & SUPERLTTEIfDEXT OFFICE No. 18 EAST BBOAD ST., COLUMBUS, O. Plans. Suei-iftcations and Estimates for every description of building executed in the most improved manner and shortest notice. Architect of High School building, P. Hay-den's new bntlding and B.E. Smith a new reai; denoe, at Columbus, Ohio. sept30-d3m JEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Of Boston. Aui itor of State's Offick. i DurAKTMBl'.T OF INSUKAKCS. Columbus, U., December 15, ltS7u. ) Tt is horebv certified that the Kew Esolasd Mutual Lips Insukaksb Compan?. located at Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, has com plied, in all respects, with the laws of this State relating to Lite lnsnrat.ee Companies, tor the current year, and has tiled in this offioe a awom statement, by the proper officers thereof, showing its condition and business, at the date of sneh statement, (December 31, !89,) to be a follows Aggregate amonnt of availa ble assets, including tne sum of 8 in premium notes, held by the Company on policies Waned SS.6tfO.39r 43 Abrogate amonnt of liabili ties, mcinain a-re-tnsnrane v.ojj.lllv ny Amount of income for the pre- - ceuiue year in casn S.S7T.IT9 Amonnt of income for the pre ceding year in notes lor pre miums 860.179 10 A. mount ot expenditures lor tne preceaiuK year m casn. l,l,ll 97 Amonnt 01 notes nsea in pay ment 01 losses, claims, etc daring the year 591,099 86 In witness whereof, I have hereunto mbecribed mv name, and caused the seal of mvothce to be affixed, the day and year above written. Auditor of State. WM. J.HcC09IB, Afjeat, declSdtf Calaaaaae, O. IiEGATi. VTOTICE. SAMUEL H. MURRAY AS l Guardian of Elizabeth Murray. Plaintiff. vs Charles M. Sherman, Jiulda Bnerman, wue of said Charles M. tSnennan, ana others, lis fendants. Tbe said Charles M. Sherman and Hnlda Sherman, of the town ef Clinton, and state of Missouri, will take notioe Skat said Plaintiff did, on the 1st day of October, 1870, nle hia petition in the Court of Common Pleas, within and fur the County or Frankun and state ot unio, Minet t.tio ill r!harlM M Kherm&n Ttnlda Snennan. his wife, John Radebaugh and Maria Kadebangh, his wife, Defendants, setting forth that said Charles M. Sherman and Hnlda Sherman did, on the llilh day of December, 18 -7, execute and deliver to said Plaintiff aa Guardian aforesaid their mort trace deed on lot number of Wm. Keil'a addition to the oily of Columbus, Franklin county, Unio, to secure the payment of Si,4U0 according to certain notes oi ine saia Charles M. Sherman, referred to in said mortgage; that one of said notes, to-wit, for the sum of Isoo, became due and payable with interest on the 1st day of September. 1870. and the farther sam oi 14 witn interest iz-um xrtuemuer, j, xcw, on accoant of insurance which said Defendants itmmI to hnt failed to nav: that since the giv ing of said mortgage, the said other Defendants Claim to nave acquirou some mwirn, in wiu nrritnisea: and nravinc that the said Charles M dherman may pay said note for$5oU, nowdue and payable, as aforesaid, with interest, or that said premises may be sold to pay the same, and said sum of $14 and interest as aforesaid. And said nrfxndanta are notified that thev are I eq aired ta appear and answer said petition on or before the tnird oaiuroay uwrtui n i lu y "nnu.i j, .o,. XX. dlUASAI, Guardian, Ac., by i Collins, his Att'y. sov34-dltw6w PROBATE NOTICE. SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS The following accounts have been tiled in the Probate Cenrt of Franklin eou- ty, Ohio, for settlement, and will be for hearing on Thursday, January 12, 1871, to-wit : The first account of" Loyal Hills and David Head-. eveentnra of Daniel M. Noe. deceased: first account of John W. Laaterbach, guardian of Amelia, nni, "" . - , - count of Jacob Bowman, guardian ot Christopher Hare; first account of E. F. Bingham, guardian of Emory M , Alios Ann and Margaret . Fish-paw; first acoountof Thomas Sparrow, administrator of Alexander Robinson, deceased; first ao-mmt of James M. Paxtun. euardian of Amanda J., Andrew O., Laura L-, and Abraham B Cra mer; first aoconnt oi v . n. n lcnoio ana j ames M. Boyd, executors of William Norton, deceased; first account of John H. Chamber, guardian of Sarah and Simeon F. Chester; first account of John L. Walcutt, administrator of J acob Wal-cutt, deceased; second account of Charles B. Ball, guardian of Henry, P George and L. Theodore Schueler; second account of P. C. Harrison. administrator ot Michael loener, aeceasea: second account of A. L. Perrill, guardian of David A. Williams; second aoeount of James P. Hay, guardian of Mary M. Ivy; second account of A. L. Perrill, administrator of William Seymonr, deceased; third account of Austin Funk, guardian ot George W., Edward A, and Wesley H. Tiramons; third account of Franklin Postle, guardian oi Ells ilickman: third account of William Shepard, guardian of Cora B. Daliell; third account of Moses Beers, executor of Conrad Beers, deeeaed; third account of James P. Hav, guardian of Ezra Dyer; third accounts of George Wagner, guardian of William W. and John M Jones, final account of George L. Converse gnardiar. of Martha. Elizabeth E. and William 8. Blood; final accounc of John Ban-eHe administrator of William Jeh e, deceased: finai account of Jacob Bishop, administrator oi William J. 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... as-a.. IaJ ATE3 OV ADVEBTISItTGr '1' 1:7 1 "I w rraLatiia v ' hITINt, niDART CO. DAII.V STATESMAN. sates ton omt sqvabs, 8 uses kopai-j:iu I , 'Ai-'ia MILLS, .... Kixto . etime........H 00 ' wo times ........ 1 b0 tree times....... 8 00 oeweek ......... 3 00 One month ....f? Ui Two months. .....IS 00 Three tnon tha. ....40 I. Six months .......30 W One vear. 50 tt . C.TIC::, Ka.7 Sort. Els. Street seweeks........ 5 00 ocal notices, 80e per line first, and 15c for each Saaaeriptiaej Rates. Dam v, by mail, per Trt-'Week.y.. 4 SO wir f 90 I Weekly i Di iy, Vv Miritn " I do, slab af luoataj tnaui uou. - : WEEKLY STATESMAN! t ..to........ll SO I Two months. 17 6o QOLtJMBUS,: OHIO, MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1870. ur nuv iiM- ... i. r w.-uvv ...... n ..w iv VOL. XXXIX NO. 136. Two times .u.. 8 501 Three months Ifi eC Three times 3 I Rl nwntln 15 IM .stall Hticnlaniiwulu; na ad One month 4 no I One vr i .8 no - I i - . if f - t If il THE NEWS. ' IndepenaencenHH, Philadelphia, narrowly earaoed destruction by fir the "? The city of Boston paid $21,835 during . (ho year for bathjag 1,397,914 a en, wo men ud boys. - - - Horaee Greeley lias been chosen chair " uian of the Republican Executive Com- aiitte ol Piew lork. city. One thousand ton ef - iroa Vera oca-sotoed fn tie coastrncUoa of a aoge ounaiDU in net lot, iua dry rwub paiace. ;- In Ciaelanvti Christmas waa generally observed in the: churches. To-day will be kept as a' legal holiday, and bnalneaa wm be well mgh suspended. , Shaky. The New York Trthun says '-General Grant s first term la not yet half completed ; and who ean "say what the aext eighteen months will develop T" The United State mail steamer Ten, neasee is mm fitting ont at Xew York for ea service. She will soon be pat into commission, and will probably aail for uie YVfatiDOiee. John W. Morris and Charles Staddneld hare been identified by Madge, of. Day' too. who was lately knocked down and robbed of a large amount of jewelry, as me perpetrators. Georgia boasts of nioety-one periodi cals fourteen dailies, seven tri-weeklies. - five semi-weeklies, seventy-seven week lies, one semi-monthly, ten monthlies, ana one bi-montniy. - : A challenge has been aent to Harvard by the Yale University crew for a three mile straight-a-wej beat race next summer, over any course that may be selected by the Harvard crew. A brave conductor on the railroad near Wilmington, Del-, recently jumped in frent of a locomotive - and snatched child from the track, at the imminent risk of losing hia owa lire.-The President, in making appoint ments, says iav I a commissions, very ap-. propriately and significantly, " Know all mea oy these pasiAiT ee , tbns pre senting ine reason witn tne tact. Butler says Farnsworth has been want ing honesty all bis life. No one can say that of Bntler. Some people caa only never want honesty, but would not have it if they eonld get it. -Yew York Herald. A girl in Iowa has recovered 118,000 in a breach of-promise Butt.' "With all this cohesive power of poblio plunder about her clothes, there is no danger that the next tellow tbat comes along wul fail to SUCK. L . . . . . - Tbe vessel, which spoke the steamer Robert Lame, brings a letter from Captain Kerr, dated Ftiday. Continuous , galea ars reported, but everything is ready to take advantage of the first moderate weather to repair the Atlantic . cables. - - - 4 ' The . Kew York Herald Is in doubt ' whether Schenck will bring the English Mission over here, or carry his seat over to England, as he has formally notified Colonel Campbell, of Ohio, that he will contest his right to a seat in the next Congress. The Woman's rights women of the Eev-oJaltoit, have issued a call for a National Suffrage Convention, "to assemble at Washington, the titfcof Jaoaary, tor tbe purpose ef arging upon Congress tbe necessity of a Bpeedy passage of a Sixteenth Amendment.7' . Ia Boston two policemen have been fined futea di liars each and cost for punching a Milk street merchant's head, and threatened to twist hia hands off with the "twisters," becaose he had yawned in the street In what they con- ' eeived to be in an insulting manner. . The day of the marriage of the Princess Louise with the Marquis of Lome - has not yet been settled. Another matrimonial romjr in England reports the engagement of the young Duke of Norfolk, too great Catholic nobleman of England, to a French Princess of the House of Orleans. H. da Fonvielle (who it will be remembered waa the companion of Victor Noir when the latter waa killed by Prince Pierre Bonaparte) has escaped from Paris in a bailoen and reached London. He delivered- a lecture at St. George's Hall, in that city, latterly, on the subject of the war, in which tha course of King . William in tbe attempt to starve Paris was roundly denounced. , - At Baltimore, last week, a woman natped McKay was beaten to d&ath- by ber husband. A few minutes before expiring she gave birth to a child. The testimony taken by the coroners shows that, dorisg several months past, McKay had been in the habit of kicking the de eeased about three times a week, in order to cause her death, without making it appear that be murdered her. Governorl Bowie, of Maryland, has ir. sued a proclamation setting apart Monday, the 26th of December, and Monday, the 3d of January, as " days of pnblie thanksgiving and suspension, of bust- . Bess," the law of the State constituting any day tha Governor may so designate a " legal" holiday. The practical effect of this on business is that notes due on Monday in each ease will have to be attended to on Saturday. The steamer Aries went ashore at Hen-born, en the morning of the 24th. A boat was at once launched to take soundings, but before getting a great distance from the steamer it npeet, and the mate and four seamen were lost, three of the nartv beine drowned. The other two succeeded in getting on the bottom of the boat, where, after a few hours suffering, they froze to death. Two of the bodies floated ashore at Cape May yesterday. ' ... , Governor Holdea appeared last week by his counsel before tbe Senate, sitting as a court ef impeachment, to respond to the charges of impeachment, and asked -tor thirty days delay. ' The court ordered the amwer to the article of impeachment to be filed on or before January S3; tbat ihe'managers file fheir replication within the next six days, and that the case would stand for trial January 30. The court then adlourned to January 23. The Democrats lack one vote of a two-thirds majority, and the Republicans are con-fident of Holden's acquittal. It was madepnblio ou Saturday that F. E. Saire & Co. prominent druggists f Cincinnati, have become somewhat em- "barrassed. Though In money circles it taseen knowa for some time, it was not ill this week the matter became generally known. I seetnj thai some time ago Mr. Snire endorsed for a codsiderable " amount the paper of the United States -Proprietory Machine Company; the prin-1 einal stock he also purchased. This Baoer went to protest and Mr. Suire asked extension. At the same time the Arm asked extension on their own paper. It is understood they asked for six, -twelve and eighteen months, and that, so far a beard from, very favorable responses have been received. Their house is- aa extensive one, and nearly all tbe labilities re East. The firm claim that the liabilities will nor exceed 1150,000, r- while tha asseta are 1312.0 .0. The impression prevails that they will work ' tarougn sawjy, THE WAR IN EUEOPE. Xhm Late Sortie Situation Encour aging- to tha French, at Paris Gen ral - Chauay Ketreata for C cm cen tration Faidherbe Reported Boutad Official Keport of tha Battle of Kaita- ' ' - ' : ; ' ' THU WAR lit VBAilCB. THM HW.UAT SORTIB rRKNCH BTKATkG Y ROC EX ALMOST EVACUATED. - Bordxaux, December Si Daring the great sortie from Paris on Wednesdav, Dacret ' took many hundred prisoners. The general situation ia more encourag ing for tha French. The noB-occapation of Tours, and the retreat of other Prussian, forces towards Orleans, in said to be the "result of a strategetic movement of Generals Chsuzy id Bourbaki. Eonea has been almost entirely evac uated by the Prussians. There were only ana hundred and fifty German sol diers there yesterday. General Manteuffel has undoubtedly moved fas forces for the purpose of opposing the march of the French army and General Faidherbe. XNGA6EMKXT AT PORT NO YEI.I.E. Bordeaux. December 24. Iu an offi cial dispatch telegraphed from Lille, the mgnt ot the XM, ueneral r aidherbe an nounces to the Minister of War that his army engaged the enemy at Port Noyelle, or that day. The battle lasted from eleven in the forenoon until six o'clock in the evening. For a greater portion of the time it waa an artillery duel, which was finally terminated by a charge by tbe French infantry along the whole line. The enemy were driven back and the r Tench troops remained masters of the field. A BATTLE IMMINENT - FRENCH LOSSES. Bordeaux. December 24. Advieee from Paris to the 23d have been received by a balloon which landed near Knits. There was bo engagement on that day (Thursday ), but a general battle was regarded as imminent. The iournals esti mate tbe losses of the I rencb in tbe combat of the 21st at about eicht hundred killed and wounded, and speak in glowing terms of the great confidence dis played by the National Guards. SITTJATIOS ENCOURAGING FOR THE - , r FREjrcn. . Lokdox. December 23. There is con firmation ot a recent successful sortie from Paris to the North, South and East, witn the capture of several strong position! ; but ' yesterday's annoncement from French sources that divisions of the Army of the Loire bad effected a junction appears to be without founda tion in fact, the general situation is encouraging for the French, REPORTED DEFEAT OF GENERAL CHAUZY j TROOPS AT HAVRE. London. December 22. A dispatch from Havre says a rumor was prevalent that General Chauxy had been defeated oy tbe combined armies or the Duke of Mecklenburg and. Prince Frederick Charles, and was now in full retreat. Information has been received from Cherbourg that there are now sixty thonsand French troops at Havre. ! INSURRECTION AT RHKIMS. . London. December S3. Advices from Versailles state that six thousand Saxons have left Sauny, with the intention of making a forced march to Rbeims, where the people are reported to have risen in insurrection against the author ity or the Prussian commander. FRKNB OFFICERS BREAKING PAROLES. Berlin. December 23. Count Bis-; marck has addressed a circular note to 1 the representatives of the North German ' Confederation at foreign courts, which 1 calls their attention to the fact tbat French officers are breaking their parole I not to serve in the army durinn tbe pres ent war, ana saying that as the .t rench Government sanctions the proceeding peremptory measures will be taken to check it. The Count adds, that in the event of future complaints of tbe same kind, proper judgment ean be passed op-on the offenders at Prussian headqnar-j ters. I FINANCES. honser has msde an important announcement in the Prussian Chambers, that no deficiency ia probable in tbe finances of tne monarcby lor tne years 1S70 and 1S71 BATTLE PROBABLS NEAR AMIENS. London, December 23. The Prussians have left Dieppe, but are encamped near by. Two French iron olads are stationed off the port. Late dispatches from Amiens report General Mantenffel near that city, and that a battle is probable. Uordxaux, December 24 Havre is now so strongly fortified that no fears are apprehended from an attack. AH the works about tbe city are fully manned and supplied, and there are several war vessels riding at anchor before the city. Cherbourg is also regarded as impregnable to any force the Germans can bring against it. The fortifications on tbe lan d side have been completed and armed, and as at Havre frigates are stationed in the roads. FIGHTING. London, December 22. A dispatch from Versailles, dated 21st, says : To-day fifty thousand French advanced on the road to Lebonrget, and attacked the fnards at the headquarters at Uonesse. here was fighting at Arnouville, Garges, Couneil and Severn on the 12th. The Saxon troops reinforced tbe guard at four o'clock, and the French retired. CHURCH AND STATE. London, December 21. It is said that M. Gambetta has announced te Rome his desire that France terminate the concor- date, in order to effect an entire separa tion oi unnrcn ana state in r ranee. The AforstBff Pott predicts for the Prus sians great hardships and losses during tbe coming winter, because the Parisians nave demonstrated tbeir ability te resist. Sunday Night's Dispatches. PRUSSIAN ACCOUNT OF TBE SORTIE. Berlin, December 23. Queen Augusta baa just made public the following dispatch from King William, dated at Versailles f The French, made a sortie in the direc tion of Slaines and Borarert, prompted by the idea that the French army of relief waa approaching. Many x reuch prison- era were taken in the assault on the Saxon position. The sortie was easily repulsed. THE POPE'S RESIDENCE. Berlin. December 23. It is understood that tbe King of Prussia nas granted Fulda, in Uessa-uasseii, to tae rope as a residence. - THE ITALIAN CAPITAL, Florence. December 81 Tho Cham ber of Deputies have passed, by a vote of 192 to 18, the bill providing for the removal of the capital from Florence to Borne within six months. A resolution expressing gratitude and thaukfulness to the Komans for their patriotism during the siege of the city was adopted. The uuamuer aujournea to January IS. , THE- CONFERENCE. London, December 23. The first meeting of the conference on the Eastern question is fike for'the, 3d of January. Prince Charks, of Ioumania, calls the attention of tbe powers to the fact that his position, as settled by the treaty of earns, w uu niugw voiuoie. BUSINESS tN LONDON KTOfcttlE.-f London, December 2411:30 "A. M. Business is suspended to-day on account of tbe holidays. - All the markets are cloed and will remain so until Tuesday. Tbe Km press Eugenie- is organizing a fund for French prisoners.' She is negotiating for the use of Drury Lane Theater for a benefit performance.. 4 - - ' TBS ICCtlPSK. ! Cadiz, December 23. The observation of the eclipse were successful hose. A good photograph of the corona t was ob tained. . . , i-'-'fA Syracuse, Sicilt, - December 3d, via London. Professors Pierce and Lockyer report that the observations taken by them of the eclipse were imperfecbin eon-sequence ef unfavorable weather, bus the result obtained , last year in Amerioais confirmed. J,, fi ' t port crowdkd. ' ' Antwerp, December 24-Thls' port is overcrowded with shipping, and vessels are refused admission. - Tbe- river is freezing. ; " . !.,,,,,.;-- navigation interrupted., t , j Hamburg, . December 22. The , Elbe is filled with ice, and navigation is' seriously interrupted. ' - vp ' ; . fOAUCY'a SRTRBAX.- iWorid's 8peetal.l ; ) .... Lf.mass, December 22 General Chau-ry's retreat to this point waa voluntary for the purpose of concentrating his forces and drawing tbe Germans after him. He has now 200.000 men, and will immediately resume the offensive. Tbe Tenth German corps is at Tours. The Mecklenburgers are between Vendome and St- Caliais, and Manteoffcl is near Amiens. - troops for the front. ' ' Cherbourg, December 23. The troops in and around this port have left for the front, for the purpose of uniting, with tbe army under Dechancy. General Faidherbe' fought victoriously with the em my at Point Noiells. The battle commenced at 11 A. M. and ended at 6 P..M. The Germans have again entered Tours, meeting no opposition. . CANNONADING. " ! , . Lillk, December 24. Cannonading has been heard since Thursday in the direction of Noyon. The Prussians are in tbe vicinity of Vervins. iney nave blown up the bridge over the Aur. GERMAN VICTORT.." t Amiens. December 24. A German vic tory is reported at HaQs, southeast of tms city, over me Army oi ine n orta, six thousand strong. The Germans earned several villages by storm, and took one thousand prisoners. ,. . FAIDHERBE REPORTED HOCTED. London, December 24. Noon. Gen eral Faidherbe, with an army of sixty thousand, was routed by Mautenffel yesterday, near Amiens.. Only two Prussian divisions were engaged. . THE BATTLE OF NCITS. ' Bordeaux, December 24. The official report of tbe battle of Knits, on the 13th, shows that General Germer was attacked by 24,000 Prussians, with artillery. The French had only 10,000 men, who retreated a quarter of a mile from town, after fighting many hours. The Germans had more than five hundred killed and wounded, among them tbe Duke William of Baden, and several colonels. The peasants fought bravely by the side of the regular troops. Reinforcements came up next morning, and the Germans retreated in such haste that the prisoners they had taken the day before escaped. The French loss was 1,200 killed aatd wounded. , . ' NEW YORK. A Fl.k label Salt Ducoatiaaed-The Case Oeaeral Uaate; Mrs. Phelps Aeaitte4-!lariler aad Suicide. ' ,: . ' " - 1 ' LIBEL SUIT DISCONIlNUKii. The libel suit of James. Fink," Jr., against Mr. Bowles, of the Springfield Republican, has been discontinued. This was done through the influence of George Wilkes, editor of the Spirit of tht Times. BEVtNUE FRAUDS. General John Ramsey, of Jersey City, arrested in Pittsburg for defrauding the revenue by the use of counterfeit tobacco stamps, is still in jail at Pittsburg. The United States Commissioner refuses any bail offered from outside of tbe Western district of Pennsylvania. A Pittsburg paper states, upon the authority of the detective who arrested Ramsey, that a large amount of counterfeit stamps were recovered from the Jersey City- warehouse. FIRE. A fire broke out in an oil dying establishment, a frame building owned by J. A. Lockwood, Aos. 2&0 and 'ioi Water street, Brooklyn, yesterday afternoon. Several adjoining buildings were destroyed. The loss is about $30,000. ACQ TJITTED. Mrs. Elizabeth B. Phelps, a well known advocate of woman'a rights, and a lady of wealth and high social standing, was honorably acquitted to-day by Judge Dowliug, on the charge for which she was arrested and committed, that ot stealing a package of candy from a store in Hixtu avenue. MURDER AND SUICIDE. A Syracuse dispatch says: A double horror occurred, Friday evening, at Col-lamer. Lorenzo D. Garrett, aged thirty-two, murdered his father-in-law, James C. Tallman, sged sixty-seven. Garrett attacked Tallman in the latter's barn T.rri. anil hralrM hi .Icnll wit.h mi dtp killing him instantly. Garrett then went to bis own barn, six rods distant, and bangsd himself. The two men had been quarreling about property for some years. - HOTEL BURNED. ; Rutherford Park Hotel was destroyed by fire early this morning. Tbe loss is estimated at $30,000. About a year ago there was a fire in tbe same hotel. Krw Toss, December S3, 1870. DONATIONS. William M.Tweed has ziven fifty thon sand dollars, and Sheriff O'Brien one thousand tors of coal, for the relict of the poor in their respective wards. THE CRISPIN STRIKERS. Que thonsand and f)fty Crispin strikers received money for another week's support from society funds, last night. They say they are determined to hold out, and are receiving four hundred dollars weekly froti1 other cities. FIRK. The residence of R. W. Cameron, a well-known stock breeder and- importer, on Staten Island, was burned last night. The loss was $100,000. The loss by the burning of Rutherford rara: notei, J. j -on Saturday, was f 1 10,000. WASHINGTON. Akerasaa Net ia Be.iga Saaiaer aad MarSMThe Ceateat far Seaater la IlllaaU-Retlrlna ! Army ? Ofleers CaaiaUssieaer Wllsaa Befa.es ta Re- iga. Washisgtox, DeoemSet 84, 1670. AKERMAN NOT TO RESIGN. The result of the election iu Georgia, though tbe returns are meager, is believed here to be such, as to preclude ths possi- , bilsty, if it ever existed, of Attorney Gen eral Akermaa's election to the: Senate and his resignation from his present of- i fice is therefore more doubtful than ever. His friends here do not think his health will prevent his continuing in otfice., '' ' , ' SUMNER AND MORTOX .'.V-,'..'.' ", Secretary Fish gave a dinner last aigbt to tbe Senate Foreign Belationa committee, Senators umoer and Morton being present. ,. They met for the i$t time since tbe acrimonious debate, the bad health of the latter having prevented him from attending the Seuata session after the vote on the San , Doming resolution.,; .' . . ; : j . It is reported that there was - the - utmost cordiality between them, and that neither of them had any ' desire to re-: member the personal portions of their discussion. Mr. Sumner said to-day that he ia confident that ths San Domingo scheme will be defeated if it comes np for action daring this Congress. . " ILLINOIS SENATORSHtP. '' - " Information received here respecting the senatorial contest in Michigan makes it probable that the contest in the Legislature will be between Senator - Howard and ex-Governor Blair, now a member of the House. The opposition to Howard appears to be main! on account of his residence being in Detroit. As Senator Chandler lives in the- same, city, Una, peo-' pie of the Western portion of the State fancy that their interests are not properly looked after at Washington. They made a special complaint of the nndae share of Government patronage which Detroit secures. RETIRING ARMY OFFICERS. Of the officers of the army who have already benn honorably discharged on tbeir own application, one hundred and eleven have to date received certificates from the Third Auditor of their non-indebtedness to the Government, and have had their accounts passed by tbe Second Auditor. They have been paid one year's pay from January 1, 1871, in accordance with the provisions of the bill providing for a reduction of the army. " ' DEFAULTING PAYMASTERS. A naval court martial convened here to day to try the cases of alleged defaulting paymasters, and adjourned until after the holidays. Paymaster Forbes Parker, it is reported, has left the country, but the court will nevertheless proceed with tbe case, he having, it is said, admitted a defalcation of $45,000. COMMISSIONER WILSON.. The Secretary of the Interior recently sent a verbal message to Commissioner Wilson, of tbe General Land Office, that his resignation would be acceptable by tbe President, to which Wilson replied that he would not resign, and that he would hold no conversation upon the subject. If tha President desires to remove him the usual way is open. Wilson says that as the President has cast suspicions on him; it would be nnjust to himself to resign, and he thinks it his duty to remain until he is removed, or at least until the President shows that he has cause for suspicion. It is thought a successor will be appointed on the reas- j sembling of the Senate. Wilson entered ! the land office as a messenger in 1328, and has risen through every grade of office to his present position. " THE WEATHER. Extreme Call Weather 1st Tarieas iecIiM mt Ike Caa a try. Ikdiakafolis, December Si, 1870. IN INDIANA. Last night was the coldest of the season. The thermometer at Indianapolis, at 8 o'clock A. M., was at six degrees be-bow xerot at Lafayette, ten below; at New Albany, two below; at Richmond, five below; at Evansville, two below; at Union City, Iudiana, twelve below; at Vincennes, ten below, and at Terrc Haute eleven below. Cincinnati, December M, 1870. AT CINCINNATI. : This is the coldest morning of the season. The mercury was four degrees below zero at sunrise. Some thermometer's on the hills indicated as low as ten. The mercury was six above at noon. Xxw Youk, December 34, 1870. IN NEW YORK. The weather in this vicinity daring the past three days has been very severe. This morning is the coldest of the season. GEORGIA. aaph ( the Deatecraey at the Electiea. Great Trii Aitgueta, December 4, 1870, Sufficient returns from all sections of tbe State have been received here to show that the State has gone largely Pemocrttic, and it is tolerably certain that the following Democrats have been elected to Congress: First District, .W. W. Paine, Forty-first Congress; A. J. Molntjre, Forty-second. Third District, Wm. F. Wright, Forty-first and Forty-second. Fifth District, L A. Cooker, to Forty-first, and D. M. Duboy, Forty-second. Sixth District, William P. Price, Forty-first and Forty-second. Seventh District. P. M. B. Young, Forty-first and Forty-second. The Second and Fourth Districts are doubtful; it is thonght they have gone Republican, but it will take the official count to decide. The Democrats have elected thirty four of the members of the Legislature. OHIO NEWS. The exact population of Ohio, accord ing to the corrected returns, is 2,66?,681. St. Clairsvillr has subscribed $28,- 000 to bnjld a railroad from that place to CDrichsvuie. Patrick McCunn wa caught between his own wagon and another, in Cincinnati, on Friday, and crushed to death. A man named O'Neil, who lived a few miles from Sandusky City, on the Venice road, was found dead in a ditch of water beside tho railroad track, one day last week. The two ounces of Dapqty Assessor of In ternal Revenue, in Licking county, have been consolidated, throwing Captain Metzgar out of place, and giving II. J. Liittie entire cnarge. James Harrington, in the employ of a Toledo gentleman as driver, has shown signs of derangement for some time, and l riday night last cut bis throat with a pocket knife, narrowly escaping death. Ths London (Madison county) Timet says : X he bog market was scarcely ever known to range so steadily as it has this year. Six cents seems a Small price to tbe bog raisers. But we have been reli ably informed that tbe shippers have lost, rainer man niaoe money, at tnese fig- ures. The Akron Timet has the following For some time past a Mrs. Metzler, an estimable lady residing with her family in this city, has been dangerously sick. On Thursday she apparently died and her friends commeuced preparing her body tor tbe grave. Thev were about to place ber upon a board, when she sprang to ber feet and extending her arms srrabbed her husband, by his whiskers nd puiled them vigorously. Tbe frightened husband and friends, after quite a struggle, succeeded in placing her lpon tue ueu ana every possible eltori vas made to revive her. She lived abont twenty-four hours and then sank to rest i torever. EXTBlORBIf ART LARCEHT; ' '' ' '. .)".' i A Nether Bad Saaghtrr Daped hr a dug t Thieves A Siagalar Case. Fram tke Hw Zork Times of Friday. .. Yesterday morning two men, accompa nied by two won.en, entered the premises of Antoine Troll, on an npper floor of No. 63 Nassau street, when the men produced revolvers and announced themselves as officers', at the 'same time exhibiting papers which they stated were search-warrants. While the men were thus intimidating the proprietor ; the women busied themselves in ransacking the safe, from which they removed $1,500 worth of gold chains and nearly all of ths account books, with all of which property they escaped, tha men. keeping Troll under control until they had obtained a suffi oient start to secure their escape. Tbe male confederates then made good their own escape, and the jeweler found himself a decided loser by the extraordinary transaction. He then applied, te Officer Ryan, of the Second Precinct, and informed him that he had recognized the two women as Mrs. Elizabeth Renter and her daughter Eliza, and that they residen in Forsyth street. The officer proceeded to the premises, and there fonnd the women, who were at once identified as the female portion of the gang, and in their possession were found the lost books and $400 worth of the stolen chains. Both were arrested and arraigned during ths afternoon before Justice Dowling, at the Tombs. The jeweler made his statement, and the Magistrate ordered a complaint to be made out, intending to commit the prisoners for trial. While the clerk was drawing up the affidavits, the women began to cry and the daughter req nested permission to speak to the Magistrate. Permision granted, Eliza stated that both she and her mother were innocent ot any intention to commit a laresay, and that they had entered the store because it was the property of her father, who had abandoned his family. She produced a paper from the Commissioners of Charities and Correction, requesting Justice Soott to arrest the husband and father, P. Renter, on a charge of abandonment, and explained that the Magistrate had been unable to do anything because Renter had disappeared. His family had not seen bim since last May, and were in great destitution, although be bad been possessed of property worth $15,000, which had been originally obtained from his wife. Eliza stated also that when her father disappeared they ascertained that he had assigned all of his property to Mr. Dur ance, who had permitted Troll, the com plainant, and formerly foreman for Ren ter, to remain in charge of and conduct the business, in order, as sue ana ber motber believed, to defraud his family of tbeir legitimate means of support. On Tues day, the men who threatened Troll, called on Mrs. Renter and informed her that they were detectives, and that proceedings had been instituted by Renter to secure a divorce. They told the mother and daughter tbat they had a perfect right to seize any of the stock in the store, and that if they neglected to do so before the divorce was granted they would lose everything. Believing this statement, the women accompanied the pretended detectives to t roll s store, and there seized the chains and books, sub sequently surrendering the greater part of the property to the unknown men as officers ot the law. . This statement put an entirely different complexion on the case, and the Magistrate at once saw that the unfortunate and ignorant women had been victimized by a pair of sharp scoundrels, who had in some way become familiar with the family troubles, and used such knowledge to work out one of the cleverest schemes of rascality ever developed. When Justice Dowling called up and questioned Troll, he succeeded in finding ont that Troll knew that the missing Reuter was at work in Newark, K. J., and that he had visited bim there ostensibly on business. He denied tbat he had ever paid Reuter any money since be lei t New York, and insisted that he was not aiding Renter in evading the law in thns keeping in another State, away from his family. Troll stated that he did not know Durance's full name, and had only seen him once or twice since he had purchased Renter's business. He exhibited a paper, showing that he had paid Durance S300 for a share in the business. Justice Dowling then asked . the daughter if she could give any clue to the identity of the unknown men, but she was unable to do so, though she could readily identify them if ever ar rested, f inding that both of the women were apparently innocent of any intent to commit a felony, the fact that they had seised the account books as well aa the chains, showing a belief that they were merely taking their own property, the Magistrate decided to release the mother and daughter on their own recog nizances nntu to-day, when a further in vestigation wul be made. D. . POSTER'S FORQERT. The Great Adlaairat Speakiaa: fraai Ilia Crave Adasiral Parter'a Letter Calliaaj Grssl a Draskard a K,imr. From ths Brooklyn Eagle Now that Farragut is dead and Porter wants his place? the shameful treatment by which the latter morally murdered the former, has become the subject of comment. To offset this damage to bis chances, Porter causes two letters, alleged to have been respectively written by Farragut to Porter and by Porter to Pennock, to be printed today. Farragut'a alleged letter is to Porter in return for some convenience; Porter's to Pennock maudlinly inquires fbout the health of their dying Farragut. 'orter may have written a hypocritical letter to fennock about tarragut. lie is quite capable of doing it. As to the alleged letter from Farragut to Porter, ; we are able to announce it an utter forgery, put forth at a time when Farragut being dead can not contradict it. He said to tne writer ot tms paragrapn a few months before his death: " I have never exchanged correspond ence with Porter nor written to him since he sneaked over to Forts Philip and Jackson while I was taking New Orleans, and after I had passed those forte, and de manded their surrender in nis own name and not ia mine, the commander of tke fleet. Sir, he created, an authority within an authority, and in all my experience I have never known a man who aia tnat to succeed." Tbe letter to Porter, then, from Farragut, is a forgery on tbe word of Farragut himself before he died. It ia not a forgery that Mrs. Farragut has a letter from Porter, about the time of his Cape Fear letter, calling Grant a " loafer," a "drunkard," a "liar," and an "imbecile," in so many words. That's what he thought of the President betore he wanted au office under him. We are not sure bnt Major Montgomery, the late Admiral's Secretary, owes it to the Admiral's memory, now tbat bis name has been forced, to get that open letter of Porter's on Grant, and see if Porter will be able to " remember nothing aoout il" THK LETTER WHICII PORTER FORGED. Saw Yobk, Jnne SO, 1810. Mr DitAR Admiral: I have received your letter of the 24th inst.. and hasten to thank you for your very kind angges-' tiops n reference to the Tallapoosa. As you truly 'observe, It will le much mere agreeable to me at the warm season to travel iu this vessel to Portsmouth, where I propose spending a few weeks with Commodore Pennock and his family. My physicians are ot the opinion tbat a change ot air will be decidedly beneficial to me. and I do not doubt tbat this little trip by sea will also be of service. Again thanking you for your thonght-fulness in this matter, belire me very truly yours, D. G. Faekacut, Admiral TT. S. K. Ta Vies Admiral D. I. Porter, U. 3. N. terrific explosion i Pall Par ileal ara af tha Cataatrephe ' Near Biraiahaas-SveBtaea fflca , Killed aad Oae Baadre4 Weaaded. ."On the morning of December 9, about 11:30 'clock,' aays a telegram to the London (England) Standard, "one of the most terrible catastrophes that has ever visited Birmingham, took place at the ammunition factory belonging to Messrs. Lndlow, at Wlttou-laue, ,Witton. The seene of the accident - is a- Targe field about a" mile from the Aston Lower Grounds, and : in the direction of Perry Barr. Here are situated nineteen sheds, in which the work of making and priming Enfield cartridges is carried on, some five hundred hands being employed At the time stated the inhabitants of the neighborhood and persons at a distance even of two miles were alarmed by a series of explosins, accompanied by shocks aa ot an earthquake, and seven concussions of the atmosphere. On reaching the localityof the explosion a scene ot destruction was revealed of the most appalling character. Three sheds, in which there had been working five minutes before about one hundred girls, boys and men, were a mass of ruins, and in the smoking heap there was scarcely a sign of life. Ready hands were soon at work, and the awful extent of a loss to human life then became apparent. A few had escaped from the burning mass, and were limn- I ing off, while the helpless, who gave any signs of life, were quickly conveyed in carts and cabs, whicn had corns to the spot on the alarm being given. No fewer than fiftj shockingly burning and mutilated but living human forms were carried off with all speed to the General Hospital, the condition of many being pitiable in the extreme. Some of those taken thither were so badly burnt as to be hardly recognizable. Bleeding and in sensible, they were quickly put under the medical care of the staft of the hos pital, but it was too evident many a suf ferer entered only to prolong a lingering existence, till death added new victims to the list. The scene among the wrecked remains of the sheds was of the most sickening description. The field was strewn with the mutilated remains of human bodies and pieces of clothing covered with blood. Iu one shed lay the charred bones of seven, and in another those of five workers, while at the Wilton Arms lay other five, all disfigured beyond recognition. Each body lay smouldering and smoking on a shutter, covered by a tarpaulin, and beneath this was nothing but a mass ot rags ana cnarred flesh and bones. Iu some cases there was only a charred skeleton, and in others the head, arms and legs were missing. A human head, supposed to be that of a fema'e, was picked up in the field, and a human hand was found iu the same man ner. Seventeen are ascertained up to the present time to be killed, but no names can be given, and ldenuhcauoa is Impossible at this stage. It ia rumored tbat the oanse of this dreadful affair was the accidental ignition of . woman's apron, who was standing warming herself at a stove, which, strange to say, every shed contains. The scene in and around the field after the accident was enough to move the most callous observer. Tbe eager inquiries of anxious mothers for their children, and ot relatives tor unss ine workpeople, were heartrending. Little groups were gathered here and there along the road, surrounding a pale and suffering victim, bringing water, ami d lag all that ipgenuity could suggest to allay tbe agony ot tne moment." RrDDE.V DEATH, The New York Sun has the following in regard to a melancholy event, which embodies tbe facts of the death substantially, as we have learned them : Yesterday eveuing a gentleman in cheerful spirits and apparently good health, sat with his wife and family in a drawing room of the Grand Hotel. He proposed that they should go to the opera that night, and with a prospect of au evening of pleasing entertainment, the family repaired to dinner. After dinner preparations were made for the opera, and at seven o'clock the father, wife and two daughters, entered a coach, and rode on their way to the Fisk Opera House. On reaching Thirty-first street, in Seventh avenue, the father, during a cessation of pleasant conversation, died. He was spoken to by his wife frequently after his sudden death, and not answering she called him loudly, thinking he had fallen asleep. She discovered that her husband was either dead or in a swoon. The coach was immediately stopped and a doctor sent for. Dr. Harris, of Thirteenth street, soon arrived and prononnced the man dead. Tbe cause of death was apoplexy, ine name oi iub deceased was Andrew J. Eich, a gentleman of extensive commercial notoriety and worthy reputation, who came to New York to spend the Christmas season with his relations in New York. We understand that Mr. Rich complained that the air was close in the carriage, and leaned forward to open a win dow, in the act of which he fell upon the shoulder of one ot the James, ana breathed but a few moments afterwards. DIED. SACKETTAt Clvde: Ohio. Saturday. De- eember 94. of apoplexy, Kev. J B. Sackstt, corresponding Seoretary oi the Ohio Baptist Convention.NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. AVOID QUACKS. A VICTIM OF early indiscretion, causing nervous debil- itu nrnm,tnrn decav. etc.. bavins' tried in vain every advertised remedy, has a simple means of seir-cure, wntcn ne win semi ir iu is wuub-snfforers. Address J. H. X UTILE. 78 Nassau street. New York. dec24-wim mO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE I 1h...LII. tt.I.li. .nJ T nan iunplltinn An election of officers will be bad on Monday afternoon, January sen. c., uebwwu tun uuuio of sand 4 o'oloek P. M., at the office of W. Morrison, Poatoffice Hall. Josnif Morrison, Seo'y. dec21-dtd "RICK'S FLORAL GUIDE FOR 1871 'Tha First Kdiliaa at Oae IT ml red mmA virtv Thanasd copies of Fiefs II- liutrattd Catalogue of Seedt and Floral Guide, is published ana reany to senu oux ou puk?, huu an .Engraving 01 almost every uesu-auio FLOWER AND TECBTABLE. It is elegantly printed on fine tinted paper, illustrated with "Three Hundred tine Wood En g ravings and Two beautiful COLORED PLATES. The most beautifnl and the most Inst ructive Floral Guide publlsnett. A tret-man Aiunon pao Ushed, in all other respects similar to the Jin glish. Sent free to all my customers of 1870, as rapidly as possible, without application. Sent to all others who order them for 'i'ea t'enta, whici is not. half the coat. Address ,AME TICK, deo5-d3t&w3w Becaeater, Pf. Y. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS ALL, BLACK St CO., UIssJMY Braaawar, Now Yarlr, Call Attention of tboas about pnrehuing Holiday presents to their an equalled Block,comprising- everything In SILVER, JEWELRY, AND FANCY GOODS. It will b much to tbe advantage of tfeoss llv-lag at a distance from the city to tend their or ders. as special attention will be (tivea la the aelectioTi By one of the firm personally. Aad ia case the good farnisbed are not satui factory in every respect, 'hey can be ex -hanged. Goods aent C. O. D. Packages allewed to be opened and selections made. W STYLES OF OVAL' AND SQUARE PICTURE FRAMES. Plain Black Walnut Moldings, French Polished Moldings, Rosewood Moldings, Gold Moldings. For Newest Styles and Lowest Prices, GO TO BRAIN ARD W. HOWE'S, Xo. 6 East Broad street, decisd Buckeye Block. VTOTICE. A DIVIDEND OP THREE Ll per cent, has been declared on the pre. i erred and common stock of the Central Ohio Railroad Company, as reorganized, payable at the Western National Bank of Baltimore, or at the office of the Company in Cblambos, on and after the 3ist day of December next. The transfer books of the Company will be closed from the 85th Inst., to December 5th proximo, both days inclusive. WM. WING, novstb-ataecJi Secretary. N. B. KELLY, ARCHITECT & SUPERLTTEIfDEXT OFFICE No. 18 EAST BBOAD ST., COLUMBUS, O. Plans. Suei-iftcations and Estimates for every description of building executed in the most improved manner and shortest notice. Architect of High School building, P. Hay-den's new bntlding and B.E. Smith a new reai; denoe, at Columbus, Ohio. sept30-d3m JEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Of Boston. Aui itor of State's Offick. i DurAKTMBl'.T OF INSUKAKCS. Columbus, U., December 15, ltS7u. ) Tt is horebv certified that the Kew Esolasd Mutual Lips Insukaksb Compan?. located at Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, has com plied, in all respects, with the laws of this State relating to Lite lnsnrat.ee Companies, tor the current year, and has tiled in this offioe a awom statement, by the proper officers thereof, showing its condition and business, at the date of sneh statement, (December 31, !89,) to be a follows Aggregate amonnt of availa ble assets, including tne sum of 8 in premium notes, held by the Company on policies Waned SS.6tfO.39r 43 Abrogate amonnt of liabili ties, mcinain a-re-tnsnrane v.ojj.lllv ny Amount of income for the pre- - ceuiue year in casn S.S7T.IT9 Amonnt of income for the pre ceding year in notes lor pre miums 860.179 10 A. mount ot expenditures lor tne preceaiuK year m casn. l,l,ll 97 Amonnt 01 notes nsea in pay ment 01 losses, claims, etc daring the year 591,099 86 In witness whereof, I have hereunto mbecribed mv name, and caused the seal of mvothce to be affixed, the day and year above written. Auditor of State. WM. J.HcC09IB, Afjeat, declSdtf Calaaaaae, O. IiEGATi. VTOTICE. SAMUEL H. MURRAY AS l Guardian of Elizabeth Murray. Plaintiff. vs Charles M. Sherman, Jiulda Bnerman, wue of said Charles M. tSnennan, ana others, lis fendants. Tbe said Charles M. Sherman and Hnlda Sherman, of the town ef Clinton, and state of Missouri, will take notioe Skat said Plaintiff did, on the 1st day of October, 1870, nle hia petition in the Court of Common Pleas, within and fur the County or Frankun and state ot unio, Minet t.tio ill r!harlM M Kherm&n Ttnlda Snennan. his wife, John Radebaugh and Maria Kadebangh, his wife, Defendants, setting forth that said Charles M. Sherman and Hnlda Sherman did, on the llilh day of December, 18 -7, execute and deliver to said Plaintiff aa Guardian aforesaid their mort trace deed on lot number of Wm. Keil'a addition to the oily of Columbus, Franklin county, Unio, to secure the payment of Si,4U0 according to certain notes oi ine saia Charles M. Sherman, referred to in said mortgage; that one of said notes, to-wit, for the sum of Isoo, became due and payable with interest on the 1st day of September. 1870. and the farther sam oi 14 witn interest iz-um xrtuemuer, j, xcw, on accoant of insurance which said Defendants itmmI to hnt failed to nav: that since the giv ing of said mortgage, the said other Defendants Claim to nave acquirou some mwirn, in wiu nrritnisea: and nravinc that the said Charles M dherman may pay said note for$5oU, nowdue and payable, as aforesaid, with interest, or that said premises may be sold to pay the same, and said sum of $14 and interest as aforesaid. And said nrfxndanta are notified that thev are I eq aired ta appear and answer said petition on or before the tnird oaiuroay uwrtui n i lu y "nnu.i j, .o,. XX. dlUASAI, Guardian, Ac., by i Collins, his Att'y. sov34-dltw6w PROBATE NOTICE. SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS The following accounts have been tiled in the Probate Cenrt of Franklin eou- ty, Ohio, for settlement, and will be for hearing on Thursday, January 12, 1871, to-wit : The first account of" Loyal Hills and David Head-. eveentnra of Daniel M. Noe. deceased: first account of John W. Laaterbach, guardian of Amelia, nni, "" . - , - count of Jacob Bowman, guardian ot Christopher Hare; first account of E. F. Bingham, guardian of Emory M , Alios Ann and Margaret . Fish-paw; first acoountof Thomas Sparrow, administrator of Alexander Robinson, deceased; first ao-mmt of James M. Paxtun. euardian of Amanda J., Andrew O., Laura L-, and Abraham B Cra mer; first aoconnt oi v . n. n lcnoio ana j ames M. Boyd, executors of William Norton, deceased; first account of John H. Chamber, guardian of Sarah and Simeon F. Chester; first account of John L. Walcutt, administrator of J acob Wal-cutt, deceased; second account of Charles B. Ball, guardian of Henry, P George and L. Theodore Schueler; second account of P. C. Harrison. administrator ot Michael loener, aeceasea: second account of A. L. Perrill, guardian of David A. Williams; second aoeount of James P. Hay, guardian of Mary M. Ivy; second account of A. L. Perrill, administrator of William Seymonr, deceased; third account of Austin Funk, guardian ot George W., Edward A, and Wesley H. Tiramons; third account of Franklin Postle, guardian oi Ells ilickman: third account of William Shepard, guardian of Cora B. Daliell; third account of Moses Beers, executor of Conrad Beers, deeeaed; third account of James P. Hav, guardian of Ezra Dyer; third accounts of George Wagner, guardian of William W. and John M Jones, final account of George L. Converse gnardiar. of Martha. Elizabeth E. and William 8. Blood; final accounc of John Ban-eHe administrator of William Jeh e, deceased: finai account of Jacob Bishop, administrator oi William J. 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